The Brussels Pride Week starts on Wednesday, May 8. During Pride Week, Rainbow Corporate & Pride and other collectives present a program in ten halls in Brussels. The theme ‘Safe Everyday Everywhere’ promotes a society in which everyone, regardless of orientation or origin, can feel free.
Concerts, screenings, performances and workshops will take place for ten days. Several meetings with European delegations will also take place. On Thursday, May 16, the Mini-Pride procession will pass through the Sint-Jacobs district to kick off the Brussels Pride weekend. The procession also passes Manneken Pis, who will wear his specially designed costume for the occasion.
All participants will also join a number of European delegations for the conference ‘The Meaning of Prides’. Other Prides in Europe will be highlighted and the impact of these types of events on society will be discussed.
Procession
The Pride itself will take place on Saturday, May 18. The parade will depart from the Kunstberg through the capital from 2 p.m. Various performances and DJ sets take place on the stage on the Kunstberg.
As part of the Belgian presidency of the Council of Europe, Brussels Pride has invited the organizers of the Europride in Thessaloniki to participate in the march this year. In addition to the Europride float, various European delegations are also represented.
To ensure that everyone can come to the event in the best conditions and in complete safety, Brussels Pride is deploying a Safer Pride system all day this year. In concrete terms, a Safer Zone will be set up on Albertinaplein, a quiet space where volunteers and trained professionals provide a listening ear and psychosocial or medical support if necessary.
Interested people can once again go to the Pride Village for information and awareness regarding the theme and the struggle of the LGBT community.
About a hundred partners participate in the organization of Pride. The Rainbow Village and several LGBTQI+ establishments, located in the Saint-Jacobs district, will again be part of the event and transform the Brussels streets into a party area.
Finally, in the week before Brussels Pride, many buildings in the Brussels Capital Region will be illuminated and decorated in the colors of the rainbow flag.
